Comments on: Increase Productivity By Taking Well-Deserved Breaks

By: Guitar Hero III Makes Me Go Wii || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

Guitar Hero III Makes Me Go Wii || Beyond the Rhetoric || — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:19:58 +0000

[...] a big video game fan, having launched my own fighting games blog. I’m also known to fill my well-deserved breaks with a rousing session of Puzzle Fighter on my Nintendo DS. The latest game that has been occupying [...]

By: ScottUA

ScottUA — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:34:21 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more. Working long hours just won’t do if you expect consistency and productivity. In my case, I call them “power breaks” because they give me back the power. : )

By: What’s Up Wednesdays: One Year for Ed, Weird Shirt for Nick || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:56:29 +0000

[...] between some serious Internet Reversi sessions, I can occasionally increase productivity by taking well-deserved breaks. Now that we’ve reached the middle of the week, I think we all deserve to take a few minutes [...]

By: I Play Too Much Internet Reversi || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

I Play Too Much Internet Reversi || Beyond the Rhetoric || — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:25:52 +0000

[...] but I do find myself playing the game far too much. A few days ago, I talked about how you can increase productivity by taking well-deserved breaks and while I still fully endorse that philosophy, I must re-iterate the importance of these breaks [...]

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:28:24 +0000

Great points. Personally, I try to arrange my day around times when I’ve generally more or less productive. For example, writing a blog post right after lunch would be a bad idea for me.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:20:00 +0000

I will often times forget to take these breaks, especially when I get involved in some theme updates or other projects where I am loking at lines of code. Other times, I rememer to take a break, but forget to come back to what I was doing…this can be a problem sometimes.

By: James - DigitalKeyToInfo

James - DigitalKeyToInfo — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:47:44 +0000

Yep, you definitely need to step away once in a while. Several hours straight of Photoshop and you start making really dumb mistakes.